Establishment profile
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
3125 EAST THAYER AVENUE, BISMARCK, ND, 58501
Operated by AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO · 1 of 13 establishments
424940 — Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 470702918
Summary
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 20 years of recorded history, with $988 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 86th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 15 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view · $988 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $563 | Nov 2009 | Nov 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 1 | 1 | $425 | Mar 2006 | Mar 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2009 | Nov 2009 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4249 within ND. Peer group: 15 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 56 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2011 – Jun 2013 | General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers | — | — | 0 | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-10 | Planned | 2 | 2 | $563 | |
| 2006-02-28 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $425 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- AMCON DISTRIBUTINGSPRINGFIELD, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
- HAWAIIAN NATURAL WATER CO INCKEAAU, HI — 1 federal enforcement record
- BOISE LAND & DEVELOPMENT COMPABoise, ID — 1 federal enforcement record
- AMCON DISTRIBUTING COOMAHA, NE — 1 federal enforcement record
- BOISE LAND & DEVELOPMENT CO INBoise, ID — 1 federal enforcement record
- AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANYCASPER, WY — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO locationsParent rollup
- Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant WholesalersAll employers in this industry
- Employers in NDState-wide enforcement data
- Tobacco Product and in NDIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup AMCON DISTRIBUTING CO, which operates 13 establishments in our dataset.
OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
- AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $987.5 in total penalties.
- How does AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
- AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY operates in the tobacco product and electronic cigarette merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.2. AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.5.